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Favorite Damsel-in-distress movies
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	Gaslight Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $6.99 Ingrid Bergman in riveting Oscar-winning role of woman driven slowly insane by malicious husband. Superb thriller.
	Portrait of Jennie Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $4.99 Long-dead girl returns to earth and inspires down-on-his-luck painter but seems to be heading for same sad destiny. Supernatural, unique film with Jones never better.
	Dial M for Murder Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $5.25 Grace Kelly is trapped in a blackmail and murder scheme plotted by her husband. A Hitchcock gem.
	The Rainmaker Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $6.03 Lonely spinster growing desperate over her predicament but finds newfound hope thanks to a flamboyant con-man. Hepburn & Lancaster are exceptional.
	Rebecca Buy used from: $16.00 The ackward second wife of Mr. de Wynter is haunted by the omnipresent memory of his vastly admired first wife. The best Hitchcock film ever.
	Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) [VHS] Buy used from: $49.00 Norma Shearer's finest hour as invalid poetess Elizabeth Browning rescued from domineering father by Robert Browning. Beautiful story of renewal through love and faith.
	Lost Moment [VHS] Buy used from: $19.79 Cold and forbidding Susan Hayward imagines herself as her alluring famous aunt, her dual personality discovered by writer trying to steal her aunt's love letters. Romantic thriller - very atmospheric.
	Sorry, Wrong Number Buy used from: $6.79 Bedridden invalid overhears phone plot about a murder, as the plot thickens, her safety is more and more at stake. Bravura performance by Stanwyck.
	The Star Buy used from: $7.49 Bette Davis in one of her best roles as vain has-been movie star unwilling to accept her new lot in life.
	Beware My Lovely [VHS] Buy used from: $0.92 A widow gets locked-in in her own house with mentally-disturbed stranger she hired to clean the house.
	Midnight Lace [VHS] Buy used from: $19.90 Effective change of pace for Doris Day as wife receiving threatening phone calls, starting to break down under mounting pressure.
	Dangerous [VHS] Buy used from: $3.69 Oscar-winning turn by Bette Davis as down-in-the-dumps, egotistical stage star who jinxes all those who try to help her.
	Dark Waters Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $12.65 The fragile sole survivor of a sinking comes to find serenity in Bayou mansion of relatives she has never seen who seem to have anything but her best interests at heart.
	River of No Return Buy used from: $10.89 Vulnerable saloon singer Marilyn undertakes dangerous journey on a raft with a stranger and his son to find her crooked boyfriend. Thoroughly enjoyable film, great chemistry between MM and Mitchum.
	The Unforgiven Buy used from: $3.59 Hepburn, the adopted daughter of a loving white family becomes an object of dispute in the territory when Indians claim her as their own. Unforgettable, serious western.
	Madame Bovary (1949) Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $5.00 Rich, complex adaptation of Flaubert classic with Jones the tormented heroine whose insatiable needs and ideals lead to a doomed end. By far the best version, available on DVD in March!
	Now, Voyager (Keepcase) Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $5.75 A dowdy, mother-dominated spinster finds renewal through help of kindly doctor and star-crossed love with kind stranger. Rewarding, powerful romantic drama with superb Davis.